Malcolm Quotes
68 quotes by 54 authors
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Not everyone likes sports. Gandhi and Malcolm X come to mind.
— Jay Mohr
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It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of…
— Barack Obama
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As for those who think the Arab world promises freedom, the briefest study of its routine traditional treatment of blacks (slavery) and women (purdah) will…
— Alice Walker
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Because wherever I am today, I still owe it to God and I owe it to two men - the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm…
— Louis Farrakhan
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I'd been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.
— Clarence Thomas
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Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He…
— Lena Horne
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Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became…
— Lena Horne
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Doc has been my name all my life, and John is my middle name. I'm proud of all my names - Malcolm John Michael Creaux…
— Dr. John
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Malcolm was a firm believer in the value and importance of our heritage. He believed that we have valuable and distinct cultural traditions which need…
— Betty Shabazz
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I love 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X.' That was like the only black book we read in high school.
— Junot Diaz
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Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
— Philip Emeagwali
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Not that I regret saying what I believed to be the truth, but I regret anything that I might have written or spoken that could…
— Louis Farrakhan
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I was never named in the early years as having anything to do with the assassination of Malcolm.
— Louis Farrakhan
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The die is set and Malcolm will not escape for the foolish talk he spoke against his benefactor, such a man, is worthy of death,…
— Louis Farrakhan
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People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like…
— Rodney King
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When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive,…
— Jonathan Kozol
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If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now.…
— Spike Lee
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My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.
— Spike Lee
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People sometimes forget all the films that we've done. They remember the likes of 'Malcolm X' and 'Do the Right Thing.' But I've been working…
— Spike Lee
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I grew up in the sixties watching B.B. King and Tito Puente and Miles Davis and Coltrane, everybody, Marvin Gaye, Jimi. And at the same…
— Carlos Santana
Who Wrote These Malcolm Quotes
54 authors contributed a total of 68 Malcolm Quotes, led by these top contributors: